speech; expression; wording; language
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
home area; home town; local
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
had better ...; had better not ...
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
cruelty; hard-heartedness
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
sound of pistol fire; sound of exploding gunpowder; exchange of (pistol) fire; shootout; conflict
in one's own way or style
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
coming out; emerging; being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
lord; nobleman; daimyō; dignitary; master
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect